Monthly Archives: May 2021

By David Robie in Auckland Bananas, balaclavas and banners … these were stock-in-trade for human rights activists of the New Zealand-based Coalition for Democracy in...

By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom Fiji stands on the edge of covid-19 disaster because some 50 navy officers blatantly broke quarantine rules to...

RNZ Pacific Samoa's incoming leader has condemned the actions of the former government and demanded it hand over power. Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, speaking formally as the...

RNZ Saturday Morning Samoa found itself in a constitutional crisis this week when the caretaker Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) government locked the doors to...

COMMENT: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief, The Fiji Times Bula. The big announcement last night must be a very firm reminder for us all in Fiji about...

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Forty six people from Fiji's central division where the capital Suva is located, have covid-19 taking the...

By Charles Maniani in Manokwari, West Papua A joint unit of Indonesian military and police have broken up a West Papuan rally against the extension...

EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer's editorial board Amid a mountainload of work this week in the Attorney-General’s Office – as the caretaker government’s lawyers...

RNZ Pacific Samoa's Attorney-General has recalled a scathing media release questioning the integrity of the country's judiciary. The release demanded that the judges appointed to hear...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Australia and New Zealand are being urged to follow the lead of the Federated States of Micronesia, and recognise Fiame Naomi...

By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ One News Pacific correspondent Samoa’s deepening political crisis has taken yet another turn today after the Attorney-General’s office launched an astounding...

EDITORIAL: By the Editorial Board As the focus of Samoa’s political crisis shifts to the courtrooms of our Supreme and District Courts, and with Monday,...

By Antonio Sampaio in Dili The Timor-Leste government may apply disciplinary action to public officials doing face-to-face work who refuse to take the vaccine, while...

By Jamie Tahana, RNZ Pacific journalist Samoa's incoming prime minister has called for the caretaker Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) government to relinquish power so...

ANALYSIS: By Patricia A. O'Brien, Georgetown University New battlelines in Samoa’s ongoing political crisis were drawn this week. After an evening swearing-in ceremony on the...

RNZ Pacific Indonesian police have forcefully dispersed a number of West Papuan protests around the region. The protesters were yesterday calling for the release of pro-independence...

By Samisoni Pareti in Suva The governing body of the University of the South Pacific has put a stop to a long and bitter campaign...

By Laurens Ikinia Students from six Melanesian countries and territories in the Pacific -- Fiji, Kanaky/New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and West...

RNZ News Samoa's Prime Minister-elect says she does not think the accusation of treason by the incumbent leader holds sway and suggested he his having...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk An exiled West Papuan leader has condemned Indonesian for "hypocrisy" in speaking out about Myanmar and Palestine while voting at the...

By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ News Pacific correspondent Samoa’s Attorney-General’s office is calling yesterday’s swearing-in ceremony of Samoa’s FAST Party unconstitutional and unlawful, and is preparing...

RNZ Pacific Samoa's FAST Party is expecting to face another day locked out of Parliament today and is also predicting a long year ahead to...